Hull City are reportedly interested in signing Motherwell defender Cedric Kipre in a bid to bolster their defensive options.

Nigel Adkins was able to boast just four senior defenders in his first-team squad when the Tigers returned to pre-season training on Monday, having seen a number of senior players leave the club this summer.

As such, the head coach is desperately searching for defensive reinforcements and according to the Sun’sAlan Nixon, the Tigers have shown an interest in bringing Kipre to the KCOM Stadium this summer.

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Ola Aina, Fikayo Tomori and Michael Hector returned to their parent club Chelsea this summer while Michael Dawson, Max Clark and Moses Odubajo all rejected deals to stay in East Yorkshire for at least another season.

Eric Lichaj boosted the head coach’s depleted options by becoming the club’s first summer signing, while the club are known to be interested in signing former QPR defender Nedum Onouha on a free transfer.